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Chris Durnan

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Day 4 : 12 Days of Christmas & Super Deal

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Today is Day 4 of the 12 days. I have some inspiration to show you. Don’t forget I still have my newest Monogram 11 file set on sale for $3.99 for just a day or so more and also, the quarterly membership club is available also for just a few more days and then closes its doors. Now is a great time to get it. 
Here is the card I am showcasing today. This card was created by Angie. I really like this card. It stands out to me so much. It just makes me happy.  Here is Angie’s Recipe for the card:

A pretty simple card here…  Cut #CD00187 in different colors.  The background is embossed with a spots and dots folder using my Cuttlebug.  I used a border punch by Fiskars along the bottom and backed it with a strip of purple.  Pulled the purple into the bling as well. 



 (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the “Special offer” label, put it in the cart and see your discount. The file used to create Angie’s card is on sale. You can see it here )

It is still the 12 days of Christmas and today is Jan at Sam & Hailey Designs so hop on over there to see what she has to offer. And don’t forget to enter a comment here!! I will be adding them all up at the end and handing out a “present” 🙂

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris


Don’t miss this set of 7 different file types Monogram 11 for $3.99 for a limited time.
If you made it this far in todays post…
I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It’s like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren’t sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!
Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.
BONUS ENTRY!
You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.
Love those bonus entries.
(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

To get quick fun updates of things going on, you can join my facebook page.
My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

Day 3: 12 Days of Christmas Creativity

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Today is my day on the 12 days of Christmas. I have something fun for you, but first as promised I have another Creative Team Holiday Card. This one is by Angie …. and the file she used was All Wrapped Up With A Bow   (There is a special sale going on right now in the holiday section of the store. Did you see? Look for the “Special offer” label, put it in the cart and see your discount)

Here are her words on the card…

I used only the title to create this card but that was enough with the shiny ribbons and paper.  I used a Fiskars border punch at the bottom of the card and then backed it with a strip of gold paper.  Carried the theme through with the gold ribbons.  Added a little red bling to spice it up and fast easy card is created. 

Thank You Angie!!

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 Today I am revealing my next Monogram 11 set. I will have it in the store for a limited few days for $3.99. If you are a QMC member you can download it from the QMC. If you are not a QMC member, you can purchase the QMC here and get the Monogram 11 plus the Roadway Monogram and all the files listed below and there are more to come.

The Quarterly Membership Club files already loaded are….


1 – CD00882 – Floating Santa
2 – CD00888 – Godchildren, Grandkids
3 – CD00884 – Roadway Monogram
4 – CD00890 – 365 Days of Thanks with pdf
5 – CD00891 – Menu Board
6 – CD00895 – Cookie Decorating Apron Invite
7 – CD00896 – Salt Scrub
8 – CD00898 – Fancy Paper Bag Decorations
9 – CD00897 – Squeals of Happy
10 – CD00899 – Wood Block Letters
11 – CD00900 – Please excuse the mess
12 – CD00901 – Angel
13 – CD00902 – Family Subway Art
14 – CD00905 – Family Subway Art with spot for Name and “God is Good” and “Pray”
15 – CD00903 – Monogram 11
16 – Holiday Swirl Embellishments.

So Grab the Monogram 11 set with
MTC, AI, SVG, GSD, KNK, WPC, DXF for $3.99
for a limited time or join the QMC
& get the Monogram 11 set
& the files listed above for $10.00
Whatever we can do to get those
holiday gifts underway and created!!
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Here is my offerng for the day for the 12 days of Christmas.
This is another piece of the Round Vine Monogram Set. I have been sharing this set over the last few months. If you are a QMC member and missed any of the pieces they can be found in the “perks” section of the QMC. This is available to all current QMC members and includes the files I have added to my blog and newletter over the last few months.  Here is the link where you can download it in the forum. And the password is iagreetouchristmas. You will need to be logged in to the forum to download.

Don’t forget to stop by the rest of the 12 days. You should have lots of entries and funs!
And don’t forget your entry and double entry possibilities. Scroll down below for entry details.

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris

If you made it this far in todays post…
I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It’s like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren’t sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!
Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.
BONUS ENTRY!
You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.
Love those bonus entries.
(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

Enjoy!
Chris

To get quick fun updates of things going on, you can join my facebook page.
My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

Ornament Card and Day 2 of 12 days.

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There is alot to see today on my blog and coming up over the next 12 days. So don’t foget to stop by. 🙂
Enjoy!
Chris

It’s my day to be the Card A Day postee. Here are two cards using the same file of mine. and created in different ways. I love the versatility of this file and I love how these ladies always make me shine.  The first is by Kelly. Here are a few words on how she created this beautiful card.


I used the Ornament Card Front (CD00625) file from Chris to create this Christmas card. I love this file because there are only 2 cuts to make, one for each layer. And you could just stop there and have a beautiful card. I decided to add some extra details to mine. The background was embossed with the Large Snowflake Cuttlebug folder. I used a gold paint marker to add pen stitching around the outside and to color the tops of each ornament. Using my i-rock, I attached some red, green and gold gems to one of the ornaments. I added green, red and gold Stickles to a couple of the other ornaments. I also added a clear rhinestone that I colored with the gold paint marker to the other ornament. I just love all the sparkle!


And this version below is from Angie. and her notes on the card and how she created it.
What a fun card!  I used #CD00625 cut from red and green cardstock.  I used the ornament topper from #CD00627 cut from gold.   I cut the ribbon and string off of the topper and mounted over the red.  I used a gold leaf pen to add some dimension to the strings.  I decorated the ornaments using punches:  holly from fiskars and snowflake from Emaginations.  One of the holly leaves was punched from the green paper that was clear embossed to make it a little dark to create some shading.  Added some purple bling and tiny red bling for the holly berries.  I pop dotted the snowflake.  Added some green ribbon and stamped the greeting (unknown/unmounted stamp) using white Staz-on. 
Wow just fantastic. I love to see these cards created with my files. It is like Christmas.
I have alot more to share so I plan to post them every day during the “12 days of Christmas Creativity”
What is that? Well Jan, Ileana and I are posting creativity and gifts and alot of creativity over the next 12 days. You can bounce between all our sites and hopefully be inspired.

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris

If you made it this far in todays post…
I will have a grand drawing on the 23rd. I will be posting soon what that is. It’s like a Holiday present wrapped in a pretty bow and paper. You aren’t sure what it is, but the surprise is going to be so much fun!
Enter a comment on my blog every day of the 12 days of Christmas to enter.
BONUS ENTRY!
You can bonus entry by posting a comment about the 12 days of Christmas Creativity on my facebook fan page. If you do post on facebook, please comment here twice so I get all your entries. I will look for your entry on facebook if you are the winner, but need to have those entries tabulated here on my blog.
Love those bonus entries.
(If you are reading this in the forum, your comment must post on my blog for an entry.)

To get quick fun updates of things going on, you can join my facebook page.
My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

12 days of Christmas here we go!!

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I know it is a busy busy couple of weeks ahead. But you might want to add this to your list of things to check off… 12 days of Christmas Creativity.

I am happy to say that Jan and Ileana have decided to pool together our creativity and come up with  “12 days of Christmas” fun. Here is the list of where to be on which day.

Day 1 – December 12th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 2 – December 13th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 3 – December 14th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 4 – December 15th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 5 – December 16th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 6 – December 17th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 7 – December 18th – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 8 – December 19th – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 9 – December 20th – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris
Day 10 – December 21st – Jan – Sam & Hailey Designs
Day 11 – December 22nd – Ileana – I Scrap Designs
Day 12 – December 23rd – Chris – Visual Designs by Chris

Stop by tomorrow and I will be the designer for Card-A-Day Blog to!

Enjoy!
Chris

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My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

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Sooo much is going on in our home. How about yours? We are workin away on so many projects.

I am test cutting the last of the qmc files.
My son is pretending to clean his room.
My hubby is working on the lights.
My son is somewhat pretending to clean his room.
I am washing laundry in between everything.
My son has moved a bit and is now pretending to stare off in space or clean his room. Not sure which.
My hubby is helping me with countdown to Grandpa's visit prep work.
My son is putting on his shoes probably going to go "help"Dad.
I am converting all of the Monogram files for the new sets coming out this week.
My son has now snuck out of the house.
I have three custom tiles to cut and one I've proofed so waiting for feedback.
My son is now back and pretending to eat while he watches tv.
I am thinking through my chrsitmas gift list as I go. I have become fond of clipboards lately to keep me straight in my to do.
My son has layed his head on the table when I aksed how his room is coming.
My hubby wants to go for a horseback ride later when it's warmer outside.
My son will want to go because Mom will have taken over his room with the trashbag and goodwill basket.

Yeah!!! All in a Sundays family work. And this picture is from my D's first reconcilliation. His first real tie. Thank you Nanna!! He loves it. He is so handsome but I might be biased.  He very much reminds me of his Dad.  Oh I love my life.

Enjoy!
Chris

Ps tomorrow starts 12 days of Christmas!

https://www.visualdesignsbychris.com/636/

Playing games

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My son, like many kids, loves to play games. I must admit I like to to.  Right after dinner seems to be our easiest time to fit one in. I usually put out a bowl filled with cards and things when we have company over. There are many times a good card game starts up and some play and some watch and many chat. My hubby loves trivia so a few of those cards to are a good brain storm.  This last time I put it out I left it on the table. If we sit down to dinner, we seem to clear the table and play a quick game of uno or go fish. (The dishes can wait.) The book is all about card games and the rules for them. This works well when we have a discussion about the rules or if we want a new game to try. I highly recommend a bowl of cards as a table centerpiece. Yes a nice candle is pretty,but no fun unless you are a pyro. But a bowl full of card games really can make life slow down for a moment and make my son smile the biggest smile when he yells UNO!!   My hubby's family plays a card game called Nerts. It is a lot of fun, fast paced and tons of folks can play. Have you ever heard of it? What card games do you play? Here is to more fun and playing in the new year and lots of smiles!
Enjoy!
Chris

LO: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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This layout got a bit busy but Alice in Wonderland sort of makes my head spin so it is fitting, I suppose.  I used a 5×7 of my girl with her friend wearing the Mad Hatter hat.  One of her friends took some sideways photos so I turned them the way they were taken and that sort of set the tone for the bottom of the layout.
 
Supplies:
“A” & “W” Chipboard letters
“dventures” are old rub ons
“IN” was Making Memories letter stickers
I made all of the other word bars to mimic the “IN” using Benderville font.  I inked the edges after trimming with black
Tickets:  from a drawing from a tea party at church.  I always keep everything.  Ya just never know.  *smile*
Patterned paper and the floral border were leftovers from a retreat kit.  I had wanted some red roses (painting the roses red) but didn’t have any
Black bling: Prima
Red bling:  Paper Studios
The leaf shaped bling and the bling used in the centers of the flowers and on the chipboard letters were a K & Co. collage bling that I cut apart. 
Cards from a deck when the girls were little and they lost some of them.  Kept them for a rainy day.  It was raining yesterday when I did this layout! *smile*  I knew I wanted to use the King and Queen of Hearts and some Jacks (Knaves) for the layout. 
A bit of black lace
A pocket watch charm
Folk heart brad
And the creme de la creme:  A white rabbit cut from Visual Designs by Chris #CD00581 Silhouette Bunneis with Sparkle.  I just took out the sparkle and then stamped it with red ink using a time themed stamp from Just for Fun. 
 

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)

Another QMC file

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I uploaded another QMC file today that is a subway art. I have cut this file at 7.25 and later today will try cutting it at a 5 inch wide cut.  I offered this at a craft fair this weekend and it met with great smiles and great review. I was very pleased with the outcome.

 

If you would like to be a part of the QMC. This is the last week. I am still uploading files to the QMC for your use. And you can join here.

 

Or this file will be loaded to the store later this week.

 

Enjoy!

Chris

Floating Santa

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Card A Day Blog Entrant for Dec 4th. Woohoo! Here is a project for today. Two projects. One is the file used with a cutter machine and the other is a digital project. These were created by Caz a long time member of my Creative Team and just inspiring with her versatility between cutter and digital world.
Here are Caz’s notes about the non digital version:
Digital Cutter File – Visual Designs by Chris
Cardstock – DCWV and Cre8tiv Premium Textured
Adhesive Paper Prints – DCWV
Christmas Scrapbooking Kit – Maker unknown
Cuttlebug – D’Vine Swirl embossing folder
Kindy Glitz

Cotton Wool
Sanding Sponge
Adhesives – CM Precision Point GLue Pen; Xyron; Scotch ATG 700; Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro
cut on my KNK Maxx 15″

Here is the inside of the card.

And here is Caz’s digital version.. Same file yeah!
Here are her notes: Card has been created in Photoshop CS3. I have added textures, styles and patterns to each layer of the card in order to give my card dimension.  Font used Tempus Sans ITC . These text layers also had styles added to them.

What a great couple projects. Thank you Caz! I love your style!

Enjoy!
Chris

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My files in the store can be located here. Thank you for stopping by!

LO: Things that make you say Hmmm…

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This was such a fun layout!  Savannah has such a quirky sense of humor and these photos reflect that humor.  Photos from her Freshman year.  Title is “Things that make you say Hmmm…”  The border is cut from Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00811 Groovy.  I used scrap strips of paper from a We R Memory Keepers scrap pad.  The sticker letters, arrows and corners are from that pad as well.  All brads are Spare Parts from Hobby Lobby.  The border below the photos is Fiskars.  Added details with a chocolate Zig Writer.

~Angie~ (Missouri)
~I am blessed!!~

Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member
http://www.visualdesignsbychris.com
(cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression)